The primary types of Bisaltes (Bisaltes) Thomson of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, with notes and synonymies regarding other species of this subgenus and Bisaltes (Craspedocerus) Aurivillius (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)

Abstract

Photographs of the primary type (holotype or syntype) of eleven species of Bisaltes are provided for the first time: Bisaltes buquetii Thomson, 1868; Bisaltes flaviceps Breuning, 1940; Bisaltes fuscoapicalis Breuning, 1950; Bisaltes fuscodiscalis Breuning, 1943; Bisaltes fuscomarmoratus Breuning, 1966; Bisaltes pictus Breuning, 1940; Bisaltes strandi Breuning, 1940; Bisaltes subreticulatus Aurivillius, 1920; Bisaltes triangularis Breuning, 1940; Bisaltes (Craspedocerus) ptericoptoides Breuning, 1942 and Craspedocerus poecilus Aurivillius, 1900. Bisaltes (Bisaltes) picticornis Galileo & Martins, 2003 is synonymized with Bisaltes (Bisaltes) spegazzinii Bruch, 1911; Bisaltes (Bisaltes) petilus Galileo & Martins, 2009 is synonymized with Bisaltes (Bisaltes) pulvereus (Bates, 1866); Bisaltes (Bisaltes) argentiniensis Breuning, 1971 is synonymized with Bisaltes (Bisaltes) adustus (Burmeister, 1865); and Bisaltes (Bisaltes) columbianus Breuning, 1971 is synonymized with Bisaltes (Craspedocerus) poecilus Aurivillius, 1900. Photographs of the four primary types of species of Bisaltes (Bisaltes) at the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo are provided. The inclusion of Bisaltes venezuelensis in this genus is questioned. The difference between Bisaltes (Bisaltes) and Bisaltes (Craspedocerus) is discussed and questioned.

First record of Bisaltes (Bisaltes) brevicornis Breuning, 1939 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Apomecynini) in Peru, with notes regarding other Peruvian species of Bisaltes (s. str.) Thomson, 1868

“…Bisaltes (Bisaltes) picticornis Galileo & Martins, 2003: 379. Remarks. Currently, this species is known from Argentina (Catamarca, Santiago del Estero, Salta, Tucuman, Mendoza, Buenos Aires), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz) and Peru (Junin: Satipo) (Breuning 1971;Audureau 2016;Santos-Silva & Bezark 2022;Roguet 2023;Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023;Monné 2024).…”

“…Currently, Bisaltes (Bisaltes) includes 29 species distributed from the southern United States of America to southern South America, including the Caribbean (Bezark 2023;Roguet 2023;Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023;Monné 2024). Breuning (1971), Martins et al (2015), Santos-Silva & Wappes (2021), Juárez-Noé et al (2022), Santos-Silva & Bezark (2022) and Bezark & Santos-Silva (2023) provided keys, descriptions of new species, transferences and synonymies of several species of this subgenus.…”